Grade 3 News

Newsletter 1

Grade 3 News

Newsletter 1

UOI 2: Where We Are in Place and Time

Transdisciplinary Theme: An inquiry into orientation in place and time; personal histories; homes and journeys; the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationships between and the interconnections of individuals and civilizations, from local and global perspectives.

Central Idea: Geography affects where and how people choose to live

Key Concepts: Form, Change, and Connection

Lines of Inquiry:

Maps, the information they provide, and how they’ve changed over time

How landforms change over time

The effects of exploration on groups of people

UOI Field Trip

Grades 3-6 will be going on a field trip to the Sackler/Freer Art Galleries to view “The Art of the Quran: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish & Islamic Art” Exhibit on November 17, 2016 from 10am – 1:45pm. This exhibit showcases sixty manuscripts from between the eighth to seventeenth century and it is the first major exhibition of Qurans in the USA. Students will be led through the exhibit with a guide, and learn how calligraphy and illumination played a significant role in the history of the arts of the book in the Islamic world. Students will also get to create an illuminated design of their own midway through the exhibit.

Location: 1050 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20560

What Are We Learning This Unit?

Math

I can tell and write time to the nearest minute.

I can measure time in minutes.

I can solve telling time word problems by adding and subtracting minutes.

I can measure liquids and solids with grams, kilograms, and liters.

I can use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve word problems about mass or volume.

I can use place value to help me round numbers to nearest 10 to 100.

I can quickly and easily add and subtract numbers within 1000.

English Language Arts

I can use linking words (also, another, and, more, but, etc.) to connect the ideas in my writing.

I can include illustrations in my writing to help others understand my topic better.

I can use temporal words (first, next, then, finally, etc.) to help others understand the order in my stories.

I can write organized stories that have lots of details.

I can figure out the lessons or morals of the stories that I read and explain that message using details from the story.

I can talk about the most important details in the information I read and how they support the main idea.

I can describe how some historical events are related.

Arabic

In Arabic, students will be working on the skills below:

Fire Bullet:

Interpersonal Communication

I can say something about the members of my family and ask about someone’s family. امي امها... ابي اسمه.... عندي ثلاثة اخوة، عندي اخت واحدة